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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
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16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES - February 2011 [12 April 2011]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2011/trad0211.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2011/pdf/trad0211.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2011/xls/trad0211.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2011/pdf/trad0211_fax.pdf

Goods and Services

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department

of Commerce, announced today that total February exports of $165.1 billion and imports

of $210.9 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $45.8 billion, down from

$47.0 billion in January, revised.  February exports were $2.4 billion less than January

exports of $167.5 billion.  February imports were $3.6 billion less than January imports

of $214.5 billion.

In February, the goods deficit decreased $1.0 billion from January to $59.3 billion, and

the services surplus increased $0.3 billion to $13.6 billion.  Exports of goods decreased

$2.5 billion to $118.0 billion, and imports of goods decreased $3.4 billion to $177.3

billion.  Exports of services were virtually unchanged at $47.2 billion, and imports of

services decreased $0.2 billion to $33.6 billion.

The goods and services deficit increased $6.0 billion from February 2010 to February 2011.

Exports were up $20.5 billion, or 14.2 percent, and imports were up $26.6 billion, or

14.4 percent.

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

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